RAAM

The friendly folks at RAAM are looking for
a few good cyclists to compete in this
year’s 2,970-mile edition of the 22nd Race
Across America, scheduled to hammer from
San Diego to Atlantic City starting June 15.

It is possible to do the race solo, if you’re
up to 22 hours and 350 miles a day for
eight or more days. But there also will be
two-, four- and eight-person relay teams to
share the pain. Organizers say each member
of a four-person team will need to do 100
miles each day, in about six hours.

The eight-person teams make up what is
called the Corporate Team Division, and
their members will have a relative cake-walk,
doing 50 or 60 miles a day in three
hours or so. But they don’t get to share the
$40,000 in prize money to be divided
among winners of the other three classes.

So, have you got your vacation ride
planned? The solo start is Sunday, June 15,
at 7 a.m., and the team start is the next day
at 2 p.m. They’ll be looking for finishers at
Kennedy Plaza on the Boardwalk on or before
noon, June 27.